A guidebook to 40 mountain walks exploring Eryri (Snowdonia), Wales. Graded by difficulty, the routes cover the whole of the national park and range from easy to strenuous, with the majority falling into the ‘moderate’ and ‘strenuous’ categories. Four routes call for low-grade scrambling.

Included are 38 walks of between 5 and 20km (3–13 miles), which can be enjoyed in 2–7 hours, plus a challenging two-day traverse of ‘the Welsh 3000s’ – the 15 Welsh summits over 3000ft.

• 1:50,000 OS maps included for each walk
• Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket
• Handy route summary table to help you choose an appropriate route
• Access and parking information provided for each route
• Geology, history, wildlife and a Welsh–English glossary

Map key

Overview map

Introduction

Geology

History

Wildlife

Getting there

Getting around

Where to stay

When to go

Equipment

Mountain rescue

Using this guide

Place names

The Carneddau

Walk 1    Tal y Fan

Walk 2    Aber Falls and the Northern Carneddau

Walk 3    Cwm Eigiau Horseshoe

Walk 4    The Southern Carneddau

Walk 5    Cwm Llafar Horseshoe

The Glyderau

Walk 6    Gallt yr Ogof and Y Foel Goch

Walk 7    Glyderau from Pen-y-Gwryd

Walk 8    Tryfan by the North Ridge and Heather Terrace

Walk 9    Tryfan Without Fears

Walk 10    Cwm Bochlwyd and Glyder Fach

Walk 11    Y Garn and the Devil’s Kitchen

Walk 12    Elidir Fawr and Y Garn

Betws-y-Coed

Walk 13    Llyn Crafnant and Llyn Geirionydd

Walk 14    Llyn y Parc and Conwy View

Snowdon

Walk 15    Moel Eilio Horseshoe

Walk 16    Snowdon Horseshoe

Walk 17    Snowdon via Miners’ Track and PyG Track

Walk 18    Lliwedd via Miners’ Track and Y Gribin

Walk 19    Snowdon via the Watkin and the Rhyd Dhu Paths

Walk 20    Yr Aran

Eifionedd

Walk 21    Cwm Pennant and the Moel Hebog Ridge

Walk 22    Mynydd Mawr

Walk 23    Nantlle Ridge

Siabod and the Moelwyns

Walk 24    Moel Siabod

Walk 25    Aberglaslyn Gorge and Llyn Dinas

Walk 26    Cnicht and Cwm Croesor

Walk 27    The Moelwyns

The Rhinogs

Walk 28    Rhinog Fawr by the Roman Steps

Walk 29    Rhinog Fach and Y Llethr

Dolgellau, Cadair Idris and the South

Walk 30    Precipice Walk, Dolgellau

Walk 31    Cadair Idris by the Pony Path

Walk 32    Cadair Idris from Minffordd

Walk 33    The Dolgoch Falls and Tarrenhendre

Bala

Walk 34    Rhobell Fawr

Walk 35    Cwm Cywarch Horseshoe and Aran Fawddwy

Walk 36    Traverse of the Aran Ridge

Walk 37    Arenig Fawr and Moel Llyfnant

Walk 38    Cadair Berwyn and Pistyll Rhaeadr

The Welsh 3000s

Day 1    Snowdon and the Glyderau

Day 2    Carneddau

Appendix A    Route summary table

Appendix B    Welsh/English glossary

Appendix C    Useful contacts

Seasons

Snowdonia is a year-round walking destination.

Centres

Ogwen, Betws y Coed, Capel Curig, Llanberis, Harlech, Dolgellau, Bethesda, Beddgelert and Bala areas as well as coastal resorts of North and West Wales.

Difficulty

Walks range from easy low level walks to Grade 1 scrambles to the summits of Wales and England's highest mountains. There are riverside and forest walks for rest days or when the weather on the tops gets too fierce.

Must See

Snowdon, including the Snowdon Horseshoe, the Glyderau, Carneddau, Cadair Idris, Rhinogs, Arans, Nantlle Ridge, Cwm Pennant, Moelwyns, Arenigs. Tour of the Welsh 3000s.

September 2021

Walk 15 (Moel Eilio Horseshoe)

October 2019

Walk 16 Snowdon Horseshoe and Walk 19 Snowdon by the Watkin Path

August 2018

Route updates and corrections

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